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• Re: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:38:22 -0800
  I was hoping Eric would provide a bit more information about HOW the spark plugs could be responsible for the coil's demise. Has...
• Re: hesitation on highway
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:40:16 -0500
  ...voltage leak from the spark plug wires or the wrong spark plug wires or even the wrong spark plugs. Other than that it could...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:04:44 -0600
  ...True or not? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > Resistor plugs minimize radio interference. They...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:31:23 -0400
  ...there really isn't any plausible mechanism for a certain spark plug type, per se, to cause a bad coil. were the plugs replaced...
• Re: WTB: Injector Driver Module
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:21:32 -0700
  ...On 8/24/2012 3:33 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > "Sounds like yer 84 is falling apart on you, ECU, Spark Plugs, Water...
• Re: Does the Aussie chip really do anything for the WBX? What Bob did not say...
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 5 May 2003 10:28:37 -0700
  ...the Aussie chip and platinum plugs back in and > the engine ran a lot > smoother. > > Robert ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma) __________________________________ Do...
• Re: Emmission Test failed.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:54:58 -0500
  ...to when tuning it to > tolerable levels. > > I was thinking replacing spark plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor, fuel > filter, air filter, changing oil...
• Re: Spark Plugs -Tri Electrode / Factory Alloy (just one) wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 May 1997 02:53:58 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-05-10 15:52:30 EDT, jbrookover@bfs.e-mail.com (J. R. BROOKOVER / Bridgestone/Firestone MAN IS) writes...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:55:40 GMT
  Eric; Swap 3 & 4 spark plug wires then repeat your test. If #3 now has no effect on rpm the wires are bad. If...
• Re: REQ: "Idiot's Guide to Changing Spark Plugs"
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:13:04 -0500
  ...Do double- and triple-fire spark plugs make > any difference? i'm partial to bosch w7tdc ... they have three prongs and seemed to smooth...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:39:23 -0000
  ...Correct Gap of Sparks > > > > So what is the correct gap of spark plugs. I want to take mine out and > > check. When I put...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:07:46 -0800
  ...I do run W7DTC plugs when I can find them. I find the engine runs a bit smoother and a little bit of seat...
• Re: replaced spark plugs now idle and cruise control p...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:06:39 -0600
  If you replace the spark plugs on the right side, you no doubt removed the air filter and air plumbing. If you did this...
• Re: spark plug upgrades.....3 electrode for 1.9L and 4 electrode for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:30:26 -0600
  ...i can't prove it was the spark plugs, but i can't see anything else that i've changed. go figure. :) joel
• '87 Vanagon turns and turns but won't start
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston
  Sat, 12 May 2012 19:44:09 -0700
  ...ones) all coil connections. > Spark at distributor cap to center and all four cylinder ports > #1 & #3 spark plugs dry, #2 & #4 wet > Hall...
• Re: Running rich and low mpg
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:24:30 -0400
  ...Fresh tune up - spark > plugs, dist. cap and rotor, new Temp2 sensor, vacuum lines checked, > throttle body clicking right, fresh air filter and fuel...
• Re: hmm, is this bad? could it hurt?(lost spark plug)
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:57:47 -0800 (PST)
  ...ciao, gregor > hey now, > > hmm, when changing my spark plugs today one fell out of the ratchet and back > into the spark plug housing...
• Re: Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:30:19 -0500
  ...power > and > I found that one of my spark plugs (#2) had broken (topic: "Broken Spark > Plug Electrode/Tip"). After receiving some kind advice...
• Tuning/Timing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:08:17 -0600
  Just changed plugs, rotor, distributor cap. Engine has moderate spark knock/detonation when under load like climbing a hill, accelerating hard (if there is...
• Re: 3-prong Spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 06:47:54 -0800
  ...3-prong Spark plugs? > My question is, Are these really the correct plugs for my van? I've > always used Bosch > > technically, no ... that...
• Re: faltering engine, brake light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Nov 1996 20:15:10 PST
  Rob; If I understand correctly you sat for 45 minutes with the engine idling? I would guess that you "loaded up" the spark plugs...
• Re: sounds like a go-cart
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:01:58 -0600
  ...My boyfriends brother > thought maybe it's the spark plugs and rotor. I had the plugs > themselves done a few weeks ago. Any suggestions...
• Re: Tune up time - which plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Markov, Greg
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 12:30:21 -0700
  ...Never, never, never buy champion spark plugs. Just plain junky. Good for the lawn mower, but that is about it. Ironically Champion makes an...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:43:29 -1000
  ...just changed the plugs/cap/rotor. > > I'm thinking it's time to change the spark plug wires too. > > I just don't want...
• Re: Splitfire Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Dec 95 17:14:57 CST
  ...however, i am currently trying some Bosch triple-prong (electrode) plugs, and they DO seem to be doing very nicely. and at HALF the...
• Re: Winter Storage
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:12:34 -0400
  ...Larry '86 Syncro Westfalia Stuart MacMillan wrote: > <snip>Remove the spark plugs and spray in WD-40, then replace the plugs. > If > you really...
• Re: Engine power loss (need help)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:43:09 -0700
  ...good) > - Checked fuel pressure at inlet T (good) > - Spark plug wire resistance (good) > - New spark plugs > > Well, those are the clues, now I'm...
• Running rich & hot, How do I check my Oxygen Sensor?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Dec 95 23:13 WET
  ...I've installed new plugs and they get good spark. I suspect the oxygen sensor. How do I check it? Does it put out...
• 85 Tune-up
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Mar 1997 09:31:47 -0600
  ...month of August in Alaska! Parts Changed * cap & rotor * oxygen sensor * spark plugs "bosh" * changed oil in manual trans * wire's * K&N air...
• "hiccup" when Idling
  Historical mailing list - philip key
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 14:41:38 -0700
  ...nearly stalls then back to 1k I have replaced all the spark plugs but no help there. What is the first thing I should...
• Re: ignition problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:04:09 -0800
  ...Any suggestions? Haven�t gone as far as checking the plugs for spark yet, need to wait until my helper gets home. Any way...
• warm hard start
  Historical mailing list - earl j. smith
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:42:35 -0700
  ...Normally, plugs are the acceptable brownish color. Today after trying four times to start, pulled the cover and plugs on driver side. Both were...
• slightly oily plugs
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:39:45 -0600
  ...about 400 miles) I installed a new set of Bosch W7CC spark plugs. Yesterday I pulled them out and they were all sort of...
• Re: Non-stock ignition coils/plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:09:36 -0500
  ...The Bosch 4477 plugs work fine. There is little benefit to increasing the spark energy. As for getting amore complete burn, if you are...
• Re: Spark plug wire order
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:18 -0700
  ...Bought new spark plugs at a local supplier, it turned out they did not fit snugly in the boots of the spark plug wires...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 17:57:56 -0700
  ...if no spark at plugs, then check for no spark at wire to distributor, then check for power to the coil, and so forth...
• Re: How to test ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:53:26 -0700
  ...I am getting no spark at my plugs. I cleaned the distributor and > monkeyed around with cleaning other contacts to no avail. > > > > > > I don...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Allan S Muller
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 11:40:54 -0500
  ...I think that > means smaller gap=quicker spark=lower voltage=cooler fire and larger > gap=slower spark=higher voltage=hotter fire. > > Am I missing...
• Re: Help--- stuck in Redding Followup and conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:00:25 -0700
  ...conclusion- blew a spark plug out. It was > > > not stripped though. 116$ for new wires (had to get > > > all 4), new plugs (replaced all...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:14:00 -0700
  At 06:04 AM 4/24/2003, you wrote: >while getting new plug wires why not add new cap & rotor and new plugs? Yes...
• Re: stranded in san francisco...need watercooled westy tech help (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:04:32 -0700
  How did you check your spark - at the coil or at the plugs? It sounds like you do not have a spark at the...
• Re: Compression Test on Aircooled 1600
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 06:43:15 -0800
  ...cold when you test ? Hot > 2 - Should you keep the remaining spark plugs in or take them all out ? All out > 3 - Anything else...
• FOR SALE: 1991 VW Westfalia Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - Gail S. Todd
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:56:18 -0500
  1991 Volkswagen Westfalia Vanagon camper 135,000 miles New air conditioning and clutch Recent major tune-up (spark plugs/connections) In excellent condition inside...
• Re: Two problems . . .
  Historical mailing list - Wes V
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 13:39:20 -0500
  ...This is almost as big a design error as cars that had to have engines lifted to change spark plugs. WesV
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:00:59 -0700
  ...for 40+ years and have seldom ever found the gap on plugs (usually Bosch or NGK) right out of the box to be correct...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:39:10 -0500
  ...Dead Sparking Plug! I have never in all my years of maintaining engines had a spark plug that just plain quit. But it just...
• My van won't start - any help?
  Historical mailing list - Jesse L Reynolds
  Thu, 8 Jun 1995 20:56:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I told her to: -pull a fuel injector or two and test it -examine the spark plugs -do a compression test Any other recommended...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:33:54 -0700
  ...It was explained to me that the triple electrode plugs made by Bosch work more efficiently than a single electrode plug because the spark...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:51:10 -0400
  ...Brandt wrote: > If the FI fire everytime a spark fires, and there are four plugs > sparking at different times, does that mean 3 times...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:20:54 -0500
  ...useful on distributor end as well as sparkplug end and, of course, coil boot. 2. a good experiment would be to park somewhere realy...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:22:25 -0800
  ...javascript:;>> wrote: > > > I would say that on a waterboxer engine, the spark plugs barely wear > > *at > > all* ~! > > > > Like 'maybe' the gaps will expand and...
• Re: Help please?
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:01:46 -0400
  ...Changed spark plugs, rotor, cap, wires and air filter today... Engine wouldn't start. Put all the old stuff back in, thinking I'd...
• Re: Plugs, gas cap, stuff, etc...
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:46:20 -0400
  ...Hit the FLAPS yesterday, picked up spark plugs, wires, rotor, distro cap, marvel mystery oil, assorted fuses, hose clamps, air filter, techron, duct tape...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 21 May 2015 09:26:30 -0400
  ...I have also seen spark plugs with defective threads. I >> dealt with engines that had plugs loosen and even blow out. Inspect >> carefully. Install...
• Re: Splitfire Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Dec 1995 10:20:05 -0400
  ...For a vehicle whose ignition system was up to scratch, with good plugs, there was no improvement. The moral being go spend the money...
• One more question for the list
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:53:16 -0700
  ...There is no spark at the coil or plugs. Now when have the key in the on position both of the outside contacts read...
• Observations on the old '74
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 95 08:34:32 EDT
  ...i replaced the spark plugs that were japenese for bosch plugs...seems to run and start better...but....i'm not real used to...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:16:42 -0500
  Here is how I would adjust the engine to install the dist.Loosen the spark plugs so the engine will turn over easily.Remove...
• Re: spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:35:28 -0700
  I tried to figure it out, but was told not to mess with anything becuase it was still on warranty... then she closed the...
• Re: 3-prong Spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:45:53 -0800
  ...3-prong Spark plugs? > Some correction/clarification is in order here. > > First of all, the part numbers for the correct tri-electrode Bosch plugs...